Joel Taveras writes, " ['What Should Be Next' is a weekly column where I examine and discuss certain trends, franchises, genres and ideas in the gaming industry, and where they should be headed.]
If you would have told me in 2004 that in the next generation of consoles the Gamecube’s successor would be the new king, that Microsoft would take a 10 million unit head start, and that Sony’s PS3 would be playing catch up — I would have called you an idiot. And I would have been totally wrong because that’s exactly how it all went down. But now, six years into the current gen, Nintendo is at a standstill and the margin that once separated Microsoft and Sony is now less than 2 million units. Sony is in position to reclaim the crown, but there’s still some unfinished business that needs to be done before that happens. "
A new patent recently published by Sony wants to gather biometric data of gamers to track whether one is being harassed using AI tools.
I hope this is one of those patents that never comes to fruition.
I already dislike the fact you can pay a significant amount for a online service buy associated games and content on said service and get banned from that service over potentially a misunderstanding the bans are already handed out for flimsy reasons
I'd rather see money invested in a ban that simply removes the offensive players ability to communicate with unknown players allow them to continue party chats with friends but not with Joe blow on cod.
Take my social security and bank account numbers too! Here’s a picture of my wife and our address.
At this rate I feel Sony will eventually sell a room to play games in it where they can monitor your every breath
I want them to censor erotic content by measuring my groin temperature so i dont get too distracted while playing black ops 2.
Terrible idea. Not only do I not consent to providing my biometric data, the potential for mishandling biometric data is almost a certainty. Positive stress and negative stress can produce similar changes in biometrics. Interpreting the precise emotion a person is feeling is not only invasive but could be easily misconstrued. I hope this never comes to fruition.
Sony has recently published a new patent that wants to dynamically handle the games' difficulty and gameplay based on the player's emotions.
This is something I might use. Sometimes I play some good games but they don’t have difficulty option and are a little too easy.
cool idea
cool idea for horror games especially
the way it's explained here sounds like it could never be forced hopefully, so that's ok with me
Sony has recruited Bungie's head of revenue Jaremy Rich to head up its live-service gaming division, Rich has announced on social media.
Please do not put Destiny’s monetization into Sony’s first party games. The monetization is what’s driving players away from Destiny.
I mean, this person made some pretty bad decisions at Bungie. I hope they've learned from them because I definitely don't see those type of ideas as good for PlaySation in general.
Ps5 gamers in 2023 seemed to play more live service types of games, so regardless to how people feel about them, numbers don’t lie and Sony is going where the money is. I mean look at the excitement around Helldivers2, people are showing that they want live service games.
How do you kill a franchise that already been killed?
Destiny’s grind, cash-in-on-playbass-cha-Ching, and pop-culture-insertion mainstream-me-too bs totally killed any rep Bungie had. Sony/Bungie, if you are doing this to ward-off players, it’s already working.
I would like to see...
A Orange Box styled collection from Valve announced if Half life 3 is shown at E3 with L4D, L4D2, Counter Strike: GO and maybe a updated TF2 which will all be updated through Steamworks. Could be the best thing ever....
NaughtyDog buys the right back off Activision for Crash Bandicoot and also Spryo aswell....hell if Insomniac don't want it ND may aswell buy it.
One last big update for the PSN, get all the PS1 Classics out...especialy for Europe aswell our PS1 classics suck.
If they could...and had the chance, get Resident Evil 6 to be an exclusive. I would of said GTAV but thats not going to happen with how much money it makes....nice thought but still.
At the VGAs next year have ND announce a new one off game as the last game for the PS3. No point in making Uncharted 4, they should keep that for the PS4. I mean theres some good marketing here if they can get some titles announced alongside the PS4 (if it's announced in 2012), some which would be launch games. Jak 4, Uncharted 4, God of War 4, Resistance 4, Killzone 4, basicaly of the big "4" games
2012 will be a slow year, the big 3 will be focusing on next gen.
Starhawk (the beta is awesome)
Sorcery
GTA V
and Twisted Metal will make for an awesome year.
Hopefully we get another KZ announcement at E3 (better go back to your KZ2 roots GG)
D: How could I forget about the Last of US? I also still need to get UC3 and Skyrim (and Arkham City, and BF3 >.<)
Que sera,sera what ever will be will be............. .que sera,sera
2012....
Starhawk
The Last of Us
New Guerilla Games game(E3 reveal) 2012 release
New Quantic Dreams game(E3 reveal) 2012 release
The Last Guardian
New Media Molecule game(2012 reveal) Q1 2013 release
Santa Monica game(God of War or new IP)
Twisted Metal
All of those are either confirmed or plausible.